Fear and Trembling
I nearly had a heart-attack yesterday when I thought I’d lost the check from my Christmas Club account! I was at work when I first missed it, and, after tearing up my briefcase and my purse looking for it (unsuccessfully), I was in a panic until quitting time, when I could go home and look for […]
A Very Strange Weekend
I had great plans for this weekend, but I was just unable to get myself going on them. I had planned to tidy up and mow the yard, finish up the laundry and ironing, clean up the rooms, and get some filing done. Couldn’t get into it. I was too distracted. So I ended up […]
Today’s Adventures….
This is going to be a running list of what my kids and I do today. I just thought it might interest everyone to see how a single mom spends her Saturday with her kids. 7:45 a.m. The kids have been “snuggling” in bed with me since 6:30, listening to the rain outside and telling […]
I’m “Single” Again
The ex picked up the kids at 8, and I am now trying to get motivated to actually do something. I’m lonely. I miss the boys — if they were coming home tonight, it wouldn’t be so bad; but I won’t see them until tomorrow night. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Okay. Whinging over. I have a list of […]
Why Is It That…
Things always pile up? I have managed, once again, to plan a completely full weekend with no rest in sight. A not-good thing, especially as this is my weekend with the kidlings. I have to take my son to get his picture made tomorrow, and then a dear friend is getting married in a city […]
My First Weekend as a Single
It may sound strange, but this past weekend was my first weekend as a single since my divorce three and a half years ago. The ex finally got his dearest wish and got the supervision clause stricken from the visitation schedule. So the kids left my house at 8 on Saturday morning and didn’t come […]
Ho Blinkin’ Hum! This Job Search Thing Is BO-Ring
It wouldn’t be so bad if there were something I could do, but there isn’t really. I go online every Sunday and print all the ads I might be qualified for, write my little cover letters and mail, fax, or e-mail them all first thing Monday morning. On Monday and Thursday I hit the job […]
Mama Told Me There’d Be Days Like This…..
Actually, the morning started off quite well. I didn’t sleep entirely comfortably, owing to the sunburn on my shoulders and halfway down the back of my arms, which made it necessary for me to sleep on my stomach; still, I did manage to get about six hours of uninterrupted sleep after soaking for an hour […]
Changes in Attitude … Changes in …
… well, barometric pressure, at any rate. There are storms coming in and out of our area this afternoon, and the resultant roller-coaster of barometric pressure, temperature, and humidity have conspired to keep me in a lethargic funk all afternoon. I really had intended to get a good bit of housework done, but I haven’t […]
Today Was Better
Probably because, being Friday, there’s not much I could do about either the job search or the ex. So I took the kids to VBS and then went by the library to renew my card and check out some old friends. I read one of them and then picked up the kids at noon. I […]